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Previous Education

Newcastle University MRes Medical and Molecular Biosciences 2008
Bangalore University BSc Biotechnology 2007

My current research mostly relates to microeconomic theory.

I am a researcher, psychologist, and educator passionate about fostering safe, sensitive and playful conditions for learning. I studied Psychology in UCA, Nicaragua and later an MPhil in Psychology and Education at the University of Cambridge with a Chevening scholarship. I have worked as a teacher, therapist, researcher and implementer of educational projects in Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. Coming from the Nicaraguan permanent state of emergency, I am confident in the transformative power of education and play to promote collective wellbeing and lasting peace. Instead of a deficit narrative regarding children in emergencies, my research proposal aims to acknowledge the creative ways in which children facing adversity use play. In the midst of pain, play sneaks in to offer not only a moment of joy, but agency over the narrative, control over the uncontrollable. Play offers the possibility to practice the strategies that allow children to overcome the adversity from which we have unjustly failed to protect them.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge Psychology and Education 2021
Universidad Centroamericana Psychology 2019

I was born in Colombia in 1995. By then, armed conflict in the country was well underway and I was lucky enough to merely be caught up in the margins. Later, studying literature at Los Andes University I became deeply involved in both the history and the literary culture of my country, felt the need to look directly at the wounds scattered in our history. And so I wrote my undergraduate thesis on contemporary Colombian novels and the way in which fear is embedded into language. I chose to specialise in Latin American Horror in my MPhil at Cambridge. My commitment to my culture and Colombia’s past is tangled in my belief in the power of literature when it comes to facing pain, recognising trauma, and processing fear. Throughout my time as a PhD Candidate I plan to dig deeper into that belief. Further research into Latin American horror literature could change our understanding of historical trauma in Latin American countries and the ways in which cultures heal from horror. Perhaps looking directly at our wounds can help heal them; I hope my PhD —focused on contemporary horror novels—can attest to that.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge ELAC 2022
Universidad de Los Andes Literature 2020

I am a lecturer at the University of Sheffield, working on the intersection of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. Current projects include natural language generation, automated fact-checking and imitation learning. I have also worked on semantic parsing, language modelling, information extraction, active learning, clustering and biomedical text mining.

I am doing research within the subject of Computer Vision. Our greater aim is to one day build computers that can "see" but so far my research has been focused on extracting 3D shape information from visual data.

My fascination for human evolution grew from my zoological training and a desire to become involved in one of the least objective academic fields-research into our very own origins.My future career goals are to carve a research niche in Anthropology and to become an active educator within the field.I believe it is important for students to develop an appreciation of the time-depth involved in the history of our species.The Gates Scholarship affords me the opportunity to pursue my ambitions.

I was born in Tallinn, Estonia, but at the age of ten moved to Hungary with my family and then to the UK for university. I earned my Bachelors, MPhil and a PhD degree at King's College, Cambridge where I was awarded a Gates scholarship for my PhD. My doctoral research at the Department of Politics and International Studies addressed intimate partner violence against women with insecure immigration status in England and Sweden. The study combined survivor and stakeholder interviews with an analysis of theory and national politics. I have also worked with UN Women on the international women, peace and security agenda, and on gender (in)equality research projects as part of a European Commission grant programme and a European Parliament initiative. After finishing my PhD I directed a Health Estonia Foundation spin-off “Action-Metre” - a collective awareness online platform which provides accessible and evidence-based information on the large-scale societal outcomes of individual everyday micro-actions. I am now working at the European Commission on gender equality policy. Dance is one of my life-long passions and at Cambridge I competed with and captained the Cambridge University Dancesport Team.

My work at Cambridge will focus on using x-ray crystallography to study the ribosome, a macromolecule responsible for synthesizing proteins in all cells across biology. During my last year as an undergraduate I synthesized a novel inhibitor that I hope to co-crystallize with the full ribosome. By determining the structure of this enzyme-inhibitor complex, I hope to address fundamental questions about how the ribosome catalyzes protein synthesis on a molecular level. The Gates Scholarship has given me the incredible opportunity to pursue this collaborative research at Cambridge with some of the world's experts in the field.

In my current role at the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) Sustainability Group, I leverage finance to catalyze the global net zero transition. I shape policies and build partnerships that support financial institutions’ adoption and implementation of net zero strategies.

I believe the financial industry must demonstrate climate credentials, manage risks, and seize new business opportunities from the low-carbon transition, while making an impact through financing real-world decarbonization and stewardship of portfolio companies.

Throughout my previous works in diplomacy and the corporate sector, I advanced new strategies and drove projects that helped government and business deliver sustainability outcomes. I have made significant contributions on a wide range of issues, such as driving the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Thailand and combatting illegal fishing and trafficking in persons in the Thai seafood supply chains.

A member of St John's College, I graduated with a PhD in Politics and International Studies in 2015. My dissertation on the politics of monetary policy reform in post-1997 Thailand reflects my interdisciplinary interest in macroeconomic policy, finance, and Southeast Asia policy economy.

I hold an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University-SAIS and a BA in Economics (First-class Honours) from Thammasat University.

Previous Education

Johns Hopkins University MA in International Relations 2009
Thammasat University BA in Economics 2006

As an undergraduate, I became fascinated by the complex biochemical apparatus that controls the immune system and how dysregulations lead to severe diseases like autoimmunity or cancer. Through training at the Massachusetts General Hospital, I soon focused my research on metabolic programs in immune cells, such as T cells, which are essential for a properly functioning immune system. Upon activation, T cells undergo rapid clonal expansion and differentiation, and these energy-expensive processes require lots of iron. Iron is essential for life and activated T cells have to ensure that iron can be rapidly taken up from the circulation and incorporated into enzymes that support metabolism. Although it is well established that dysregulated iron metabolism in T cells results in severe immunological pathologies, we still lack many mechanistical insights. With my PhD project, I hope to shed more light into these poorly understood mechanisms and ultimately provide new genetic factors that can be explored for therapeutic intervention of T cell-driven pathologies. It is a great honor to be joining the Gates Cambridge community and I look forward to working with fellow scholars to unlock the potential of future science-driven innovations.

Previous Education

Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen Biochemistry 2022
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Biochemistry/Molecular Biology 2019

My first interaction with theorising gender and violent extremism was prompted by a personal tragedy in 2015 when my cousin fell victim to an Al-Shabaab terrorist attack at Garissa University, Kenya. Two years later, during my post-graduate studies, I wrote two papers on the said theme, including, in my thesis, 'Female Militancy in Terrorist Groups and the African Union Response', where I analysed women's experiences as members of terrorist groups operating in Africa.It is my goal to build a career around gender and violent extremism in Africa. This PhD Program and specifically being part of the Gates Cambridge Community will enable me to achieve this goal by equipping me with the substantive knowledge required to advance my teaching career on gender and armed conflict in Africa, and help me grow its currently-limited profile in the continent. Second, this program will help me galvanise advocacy networks with the diverse calibre of candidates that it will no doubt attract. I would then be able to take this experience and apply it to whatever future capacity I will occupy to advance the overall goal in creating a holistic approach to understanding gender and violent extremism not only in Africa but also the globe over.

Previous Education

Harvard University Law 2017
University Of Nairobi Law 2016

Exposures to dire health conditions in less-fortunate communities domestically and internationally ignited my interest in public health. In college I immersed myself in public-health initiatives by spending summers volunteering at charity clinics in India and working for community-based programs in Managua, Nicaragua. I plan to build upon these experiences by completing a MPhil in Public Health at Cambridge. Through this program, I will gain a deeper understanding of how to apply public health assessment, epidemiological principles, and interventional design to address health disparities. My passion is to utilize this foundation in public health and medicine to tackle emerging health issues in underprivileged communities.

Brady Wagoner is Professor of Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. His research focuses on social and cultural psychology, remembering, social change, and the development of dynamic methodologies. He was the co-creator of the Sir Frederic Bartlett Internet Archive and is an associate editor for the journals Culture & Psychology and Peace & Conflict. He has over eighty publications, including eight books, and has received a number of prestigious professional awards, such as the Sigmund Koch Prize in 2009. His most recent books are The Constructive Mind: Bartlett's Psychology in Reconstruction (Cambridge University Press), The Psychology of Imagination: History, Theory and New Research Horizons (Info Age), and The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Memory (Oxford University Press).

Originally from Berkeley, California, I graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory with degrees in Classics and Piano Performance and a minor in Historical Performance. I have published articles on the relation between music and visual representation in illustrated manuscripts by Felix Mendelssohn and Paul Hindemith, and on the ways the study of performance on historical keyboards can shape interpretation on the modern piano. My primary MPhil research project at Cambridge will consider the dynamic intersections between music, Classical philosophy, and the visual arts. I will investigate how 16th-century Italian composers and philosophers turned to Classical antiquity to develop a unique culture of scientific, musical, and even magical experimentation that had an enduring influence on music theory and architectural practice. I also look forward to participating in the vibrant musical community at Cambridge as a performer on harpsichord and piano.

Links

http://www.danielwaldenpiano.com

I spent my undergraduate years studying Systems Engineering, including summers designing software for Microsoft. To complement my engineering education, I also pursued my interests in philosophy, literature and theater, a pursuit I will continue as an MPhil student at Cambridge studying European Literature and Culture. My research focuses on early modern plays that were re-written during the Romantic movement, with a particular emphasis on Spain (Don Juan) and Germany (Faust). I hope to eventually combine my diverse interests--either as an academic endeavor in which I explore questions at the intersection of engineering, philosophy, and literature (for instance, the philosophy of mind and language implications of developments in artificial intelligence) or as a political endeavor in which I help to shape laws and ethical guidelines related to new technologies. I am thrilled to be a part of the Gates and Cambridge communities as I work to realize this dream.